Social Commentary: Do the Crime, Pay the Time - It's that Simple

There is a really thin line drawn between what's legal and illegal in this great country. You can walk the line. You can dance atop that line. You can even split the line with your mind. But anyone with half an ounce of intelligence knows that you just don't cross that line between the legal and the illegal.

There have been many professional criminals, politicians, and business people who know this as their right hand. They keep in mind how much of a setback it is to break this simple rule of life. You just don't do it. Time spent in jail or prison is looked upon as failure, as incapable of working the trade. It is when you can pull it off without getting caught that is truly rewarded and admirably looked up to.

Take for instance, the great train robber who fled to Rio de Janeiro and lived life like a rock star because of the no-extradition laws. There are loads of business people using offshore banks as tax havens that never pay a dime in income tax. Do they step in front of a camera and flash their face? Another example would be my hero, Richard Nixon, who denied his ill-begotten gains and took his verdict like a real man.

Looking at these guys makes me ashamed to see how the media, fans, and general public are so obsessed with Paris Hilton who was caught driving on a suspended license. Suspended license? Ha! Suspended license?!? Even the drunkest of the drunk doesn't do that because he or she has enough sense to stay off the roads that are patrolled late at night by the cops. I don't know if I'm supposed to laugh at the pettiness of it all or cry at the massive attention given to this broad.

Really, how does one who (supposedly) has so much money get caught driving on a suspended license? There are many options available that don't require much money or even wearing panties. Take a cab. Call a limousine. Hell, shlep it out on the bus.

This is all really about as dumb as the bank robber who walks into a different bank and asks for change with the alarm dye soaked into his money. I guess in Paris Hilton's case, it must have been the maid's day off.

"Oh, you're just jealous."

Yeah, as you can see, I'm real green and it's not because of my Irish blood. So damn green that even an uncut emerald would be disgraced. I'm not jealous, I'm observant. This is another piece of evidence where a talent-less sap is taking food and money out of a TRUE artist's mouth. Think about it. For each penny spent on this crap, about a hundred real musicians die of starvation and another killer runs loose.

How many cops and justice officials are taken off the streets to manhandle Paris Hilton while there are more psychotic crimes that are taking place? Like rape or domestic homicide. "Oh, those women don't matter. They're poor and ugly anyway." Paris Hilton is where it's at because she's the epitome of American beauty. Ah, another person we can pinpoint to how the rich get richer and the poor keep on paying taxes.

Bottom line: You do the crime. You pay the time. That's the simplest life. If you don't want to do time, then make better choices, or at least cover your tracks.